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Cotton Production Model

ARS,
Washington,
D.C.

A new process-based cotton model, CPM, has been developed to simulate the growth and development of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) throughout the growing season with minimal data input. CPM predicts final cotton yield for any combination of soil, weather, cultivar and sequence of management actions.

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Appalachian Farming Systems Research Center, Beaver, WV,
Beaver,
WV

PMP 7.0

Microbial Food Safety Research Unit,
Wyndmoor,
PA

Pathogen Modeling Program (PMP) The PMP is a package of models that can be used to predict the growth and inactivation of foodborne bacteria, primarily pathogens, under various environmental conditions. These predictions are specific to certain bacterial strains and environments (e.g., culture media or food) that were used to generate the models.

WinSRFR 4.1.3

Water Management and Conservation Research,
Maricopa,
AZ

WinSRFR is a hydraulic analysis tool for surface irrigation systems. The software combines simulation, evaluation, operational analysis, and design functionalities. WinSRFR 4.1 is the fourth major release of the software. WinSRFR 4.1.3 corrects a few problems found in version 4.1.2.

Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research,
Kimberly,
ID

SWAGMAN-Whatif

Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research,
Kimberly,
ID

Effectively managing salt affected irrigated lands and judicially using irrigation water of marginal salinity quality requires understanding the interactions among many inputs. They include soil salinity, crop salt tolerances, soil physical properties, irrigation water quality, irrigation management, water table depth and quality, climatic factors and crop yield. Visualizing the simultaneous interactions among this many factors over a cropping season extends beyond the capacity of the

Soil Plant Nutrient Research (SPNR),
Fort Collins,
CO

NLEAP GIS 4.2 with NTT

Soil Plant Nutrient Research (SPNR),
Fort Collins,
CO

This advanced tool can be used to identify best management practices that can increase nitrogen use efficiency while reducing nitrogen losses and helping to conserve the environment. The tool can also be used to estimate the potential reduction (or “savings”) in nitrogen losses that may be obtained from adopting these practices, savings that can potentially be traded in air and water quality markets.

Soil Plant Nutrient Research (SPNR),
Fort Collins,
CO

WeedSite

Water Management Research,
Fort Collins,
CO

Software for learning about the benefits of site-specific weed management compared to a uniform herbicide application. No GIS software is needed. The benefits are predicted from weed maps drawn by the user.

WISDEM

Water Management Research,
Fort Collins,
CO

WISDEM simulates the variation in multi-species weed populations over time in response to crop rotation, tillage system, and specific weed management tactics and the consequent crop yield loss due to weed competition. Population dynamics of individual weed species are predicted from a limited number of parameters that can be derived from literature sources and expert opinion.

Water Management Research,
Fort Collins,
CO

GPFARM

Agricultural Systems Research Unit,
Fort Collins,
CO

GPFARM is a simulation model computer application. It incorporates state of the art knowledge in agronomy, animal science, economics, weed science and risk management into a user-friendly, decision support tool. Producers, agricultural consultants, action agencies and scientists can utilize GPFARM to test alternative management strategies that may in turn lead to sustainable agriculture, a reduction in pollution, or maximum economic return.

SHOOTGRO

Agricultural Systems Research Unit,
Fort Collins,
CO

SHOOTGRO emphasizes the development and growth of the shoot apex of small-grain cereals such as winter and spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). To better incorporate the variability typical in the field, up to six cohorts, or age classes, of plants are followed using a daily time step.

PhenologyMMS

Agricultural Systems Research Unit,
Fort Collins,
CO

PhenologyMMS is a simulation model that outlines and quantifies the developmental sequence of different crops under varying levels of water deficits, provides developmental information relevant to each crop, and is intended to be used either independently or inserted into existing crop growth models.

HIRO2

Agricultural Systems Research Unit,
Fort Collins,
CO

HIRO2 (Hortonian Infiltration and Run-Off/On) is a spatially distributed rainfall-runoff model for event-based studies of space-time watershed processes. A grid-based routing hierarchy was defined over the watershed using the D-infinity contributing area algorithm. Computation of ponding time was included to handle variable run-on and rainfall intensity.

IFEAT

Agricultural Systems Research Unit,
Fort Collins,
CO

iFEAT (iFARM Economic Analysis Tool) is a spreadsheet based tool developed to allow the user to assess current and potential management options for economic sustainability. The user can evaluate lease arrangements, input costs, government programs, and insurance options to arrive at the best economic combination of these variables.

SPUR2

Agricultural Systems Research Unit,
Fort Collins,
CO

SPUR2 DOS ver. 2.2 is a general grassland ecosystem simulation model designed to determine beef cattle performance and production by simultaneously simulating production of up to 15 plant species on 36 heterogeneous grassland sites. SPUR2 simulates grassland hydrology, nitrogen cycling, and soil organic matter on grazed ecosystems as well as rangeland production under different climatic regimes, environmental conditions, and management alternatives.

iFarm Record Keeper

Agricultural Systems Research Unit,
Fort Collins,
CO

PAL

Agricultural Systems Research Unit,
Fort Collins,
CO

Profit and Loss (PAL) Farm Budgeting Economic Software for Colorado Agriculture is a windows desktop software for analyzing farm operations budgets. The software was developed in cooperation with Colorado State University.

RZWQM2

Agricultural Systems Research Unit,
Fort Collins,
CO

Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM) simulates major physical, chemical, and biological processes in an agricultural crop production system. RZWQM is a one-dimensional (vertical in the soil profile) process-based model that simulates the growth of the plant and the movement of water, nutrients and agro-chemicals over, within and below the crop root zone of a unit area of an agricultural cropping system under a range of common management practices.

SamplePoint Measurement Software 1.54

Rangeland Resources Research,
Cheyenne,
WY

SGA Pro

Stored Product Insect and Engineering Research,
Manhattan,
KS

SGA Pro was designed for use in commercial elevators as part of the Areawide IPM Project for stored grain. Grain samples are taken with a vacuum probe and processed over an inclined sieve. SGA Pro analyzes the insect data, grain temperatures and moistures, and determines which bins need to be fumigated.

SGA (farm)

Stored Product Insect and Engineering Research,
Manhattan,
KS

Stored Grain Advisor (SGA) is a decision support system for managing insect pests of farm-stored wheat. The program predicts the likelihood of insect infestation, and recommends appropriate preventative actions . It also provides advice on how to sample and identify insect pests of stored whea

WEPS - Researcher, Developer, Public Release

Stored Product Insect and Engineering Research,
Manhattan,
KS

WEPS – The Wind Erosion Prediction System, is a tool for predicting the effects of management (practices and cropping rotations) on the wind erosion potential for a selected field site. WEPS simulates daily wind erosion processes based on weather, management crop rotations and soil conditions. The researcher, developer, public configuration allows full use of experimental methods available in WEPS for research, development and public purposes domestically and internationally.

Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory,
Mandan,
ND

Cover Crop Chart

Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory,
Mandan,
ND

AgroEcosystem Performance Assessment Tool

Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory,
Mandan,
ND

The AgroEcosystem Performance Assessment Tool is a computer program used to evaluate the agronomic and environmental performance of management practices in long-term agroecosystem experiments. The program employs a simple scoring method to quantify the performance of management practices using indicators grouped within agroecosystem functions.

Nitrogen Decision Aid

Soil Management Research,
Morris,
MN

The Nitrogen Decision Aid is a computerized program that predicts the amount of N mineralized from planting to side-dress or 5-leaf growth-stage. By applying just enough N-fertilizer to reach the critical soil nitrate concentration it is possible reduce this waste. This model is designed for Northern climates that will have some frost in the soil during the winter.

WeedCast Version 4

Soil Management Research,
Morris,
MN

The WeedCast Software Suite is a decision aid that currently includes the WeedCast and WheatScout models. These models were created by the USDA ARS and the University of Wisconsin. The software is written in Java and is free to download and use. The source code is released under the GPL.

Zip Search – Version 0.9

Soil Management Research,
Morris,
MN

The purpose of this tool is to estimate latitude and longitude from a user inputted zip code. This tool has been useful in collecting latitude and longitude data for users within the US that may not have known their corresponding latitude and longitude information.

Soil Management Research,
Morris,
MN

Global TempSIM - Version 1.0

Soil Management Research,
Morris,
MN

The purpose of Global TempSIM is to estimate daily maximum and minimum air temperatures for a yearly cycle at any location on the globe. Global TempSIM predicts the daily average air temperature based upon 30-yr (1961 – 1990) temperature records that were compiled and interpolated by Legates and Willmott (1990a and 1990b) with further improvements by Willmott and Matsuura (1995).

Soil Temperature and Moisture Model

Soil Management Research,
Morris,
MN

Global RainSIM - Version 1.0

Soil Management Research,
Morris,
MN

The purpose of this tool is to estimate daily precipitation patterns for a yearly cycle at any location on the globe. The user input is simply the latitude and longitude of the selected location. There is an embedded Zip

CALMIM

Soil and Water Management Research,
St. Paul,
MN

The California Landfill Methane Inventory Model is a 1-dimensional soil gas transport and oxidation model that calculates annual landfill methane emissions based on the cover soil characteristics and annual climatic data for a given global location.

Yield Editor Version 1.02

Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research,
Columbia,
MO

Yield Editor is a tool which allows the user to select, apply and analyze a variety of automated filters and editing techniques used to process and clean yield data. The software imports either AgLeader advanced or Greenstar text file formats, and exports data in a delimited ASCII format.

Management Zone Analyst Version 1.0 Software

Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research,
Columbia,
MO

Management Zone Analyst (MZA) is a decision-aid for creating within-field management zones based on quantitative field information. It mathematically breaks up a field into natural clusters or zones based on the classification parameters and number of zones you specify.

Yield Editor 2.0.7

Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research,
Columbia,
MO

Yield Editor v. 2.0.7 is a tool which allows the user to select, apply and analyze a variety of automated filters and editing techniques used to process and clean yield data. The software imports either AgLeader advanced or Greenstar text file formats, and exports data in a delimited ASCII format.

Virtual Grower 3

Application Technology Research Unit,
Wooster,
OH

Note: Save files are not compatible between Virtual Grower 3 and previous versions.
Virtual Grower is a decision support tool for greenhouse growers. Users can build a greenhouse with a variety of materials for roofs and sidewalls, design the greenhouse style, schedule temperature set points throughout the year, and predict heating costs and plant growth for over 785 sites within the US. Different heating and scheduling scenarios can

PhotoSim

Application Technology Research Unit,
Wooster,
OH

APLE

U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center,
Madison,
WI

APLE is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet model that runs on an annual time step and simulates sediment bound and dissolved P loss in surface runoff. It is intended to simulate edge-of-field P loss for uniform fields of several hectares in size, or smaller. APLE considers different kinds of animal manure (beef, dairy, poultry, swine), applied either by machine or by grazing beef or dairy cattle, and highly soluble commercial fertilizers.

U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center,
Madison,
WI

Gas Flux from Band Application

National Soil Dynamics Laboratory,
Auburn,
AL

Gas Flux from Band Application (GF-Band) is an MS Excel spreadsheet tool that calculates the effective gas flux from soil of a multiple-band area to which manure or fertilizer has been applied in bands. One spreadsheet is for circular gas flux chambers and another is for rectangular chambers.

Downloading Files

Delta Obesity Prevention Research Unit,
Little Rock,
AR

PECMAN Software

Peanut Research,
Dawson,
GA

Peanut Curing Manager (PECMAN) is a decision support system that assists drying facility managers with inventory control. It schedules sampling and removal times, estimates time remaining on dryer and current moisture content. Cooperators have reported reduced drying costs and improved peanut quality.

IrrigatorPro for Peanuts

Peanut Research,
Dawson,
GA

Irrigator Pro is an expert system designed to provide irrigation scheduling recommendations based on over 25 years of scientific data resulting in conservation minded irrigation management. Irrigator Pro for Peanuts was the original model developed. This computerized expert system is designed to manage peanut irrigation and pest management decisions.

Irrigator Pro for Corn

Peanut Research,
Dawson,
GA

Irrigator Pro is an expert system designed to provide irrigation scheduling recommendations based on scientific data resulting in conservation minded irrigation management. The success of Irrigator Pro for Peanuts created interest in other groups. A collaborative effort between the NPRL, Cotton Commission, University of Georgia, and the Peanut Foundation was established to create comparable models for cotton and corn.

Irrigator Pro for Cotton

Peanut Research,
Dawson,
GA

Irrigator Pro is an expert system designed to provide irrigation scheduling recommendations based on scientific data resulting in conservation minded irrigation management. The success of Irrigator Pro for Peanuts created interest in other groups. A collaborative effort between the NPRL, Cotton Commission, University of Georgia, and the Peanut Foundation was established to create comparable models for cotton and corn.

Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Unit,
Stoneville,
MS

BMC Genomics P. Pachyrhizi Supplemental Data

Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Unit,
Stoneville,
MS

LOX Calculator for Fasted Channel Catfish

Aquaculture Systems Research Unit,
Pine Bluff,
AR

A review of scientific literature concerning channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus respiration resulted in the development of an interactive computer model for estimating the volume of oxygen consumed by a given fasted channel catfish biomass. Entry of ten variables provides estimates of oxygen gas consumption with respect to time and biomass, the liquid oxygen equivalent of that volume, liquid oxygen expense, and the ratio of liquid oxygen expense to gross revenue for a s

Formula Calculator

Formosan Subterranean Termite Research,
New Orleans,
LA

A program written in visual basic for calculations in mass spectrometry. The program will calculate the possible formulas for a given molecular weight. The formulas are calculated based on known chemical connectivities and not from random atom combinations. Because of this, all generated formulas will be actual compounds.

Isotope-corrected Critical Ratio calculations

Food Composition and Methods Development Lab,
Beltsville,
MD

Updated Bottom Up Solution for Triacylglycerols

Food Composition and Methods Development Lab,
Beltsville,
MD

This Microsoft Excel workbook (2.712 Mb) contains spreadsheets that implement the Updated Bottom Up Solution for Triacylglycerols that allows Critical Ratios that provide structural information from mass spectrometry to be used to reconstitute the original mass spectra.

STARFM

Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory,
Beltsville,
MD

The Spatial and Temporal Adaptive Reflectance Fusion Model (STARFM, v1.1.2) is a data fusion algorithm that combines the spatial resolution of Landsat with the temporal frequency of MODIS. STARFM uses comparisons of one or more pairs of observed Landsat and MODIS images, collected on the same day, to predict images at Landsat-scale on other MODIS observation dates.

ConvertCufflinksToExcel

Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory,
Beltsville,
MD

This program converts several Cufflinks output files into easily readable Microsoft Excel tables using Apache's POI library. Only the "cuffdiff" output format currently is supported, but future versions may include other output formats.